Daily Press All-stars: Field Hockey

December 21, 2008|By LYNN BURKE Daily Press

PLAYER OF THE YEAR: SHAREYNA CHANG KECOUGHTAN

The senior capped her career by being named first-team All American by the National Field Hockey Coaches Association. She was a four-year member of the Daily Press All-Stars, a three-time district player of the year and this year's

Eastern Region player of the year. Chang is one of the elite young players in the country. She was named to U.S. Field Hockey's Futures Elite program for the past three years and is a three-time Junior Olympian. Chang will play at Indiana University next season.

First team

DANIELLE BROOKOVER

Year: Junior. School: Tabb.

Only gave up seven goals in 24 games and tied the Virginia High School League record with 19 shutouts. In the postseason, she allowed three goals in eight games and was named to the Group AA all-state team as the Tigers won the state title.

ERIKA EUKER

Year: Junior. School: Tabb.

Her 12 goals and 26 assists made her one of the most dominant players in the state. She repeated her Group AA all-state selection and scored the game-winning goals in two postseason matches.

CHRISTINE JOHNSON

Year: Senior. School: Jamestown.

The Group AA all-state midfielder scored eight goals and had 11 assists for the Eagles.

REBECCA JOHNSON

Year: Senior. School: Walsingham.

She helped Walsingham Academy break several school records and was named to the Tidewater Conference all-star team and the Virginia Independent Schools' all-state team.

LINDSAY LEONARD

Year: Senior. School: Grafton.

She led the Clippers with 16 goals and 22 assists and was named to the Bay Rivers and Region I all-star teams and to the state Group AA second team.

SHELLY MILKS

Year: Senior. School: Gloucester.

Milks controlled games from her center-midfield position. She scored 10 goals and had 18 assists as the Dukes again reached the Eastern Region tournament.

KELSEY O'BRIEN

Year: Junior. School: Tabb

O'Brien was a co-player of the year on the Group AA all-state team after leading an unyielding defense that gave up seven goals in 24 games.

COLLEEN PATTERSON

Year: Junior. School: Tabb.

She was the leading Group AA goal-scorer in the state with 25. Tabb won five trophies in a 24-0 season, and Patterson scored the winning goal in each of the deciding matches. That included the winner against James Monroe in the state championship game.

CHELSEA RHODES

Year: Senior. School: Kecoughtan.

Rhodes did her best to keep Kecoughtan in the Eastern Region tournament, scoring a three-goal hat trick in a loss to Princess Anne. She finished her senior season with 20 goals.

CHRISTINA VERHULST

Year: Senior. School: Grafton.

A dominating midfield player, she scored eight goals and had 11 assists while earning first-team Group AA all-state honors.

SARA WISTER

Year: Senior. School: Grafton.

A solid defender for the Clippers, she was named to the Group AA all-state team. Though she didn't play in a scoring position, she had four goals and five assists.